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until mitch mcconnell gives them a vote, the nlrb is in limbo. now, why would anyone want the nlrb to be in limbo? big business wants nothing more than for the nlrb to not issue decisions, and conservatives want nothing more than to just quietly destroy and render permanently inoperable the government body that oversees labor law. they want to make it disappear without anyone noticing. so far they've been able to do that. today at that news conference, those lawmakers featured workers whose lives are in limbo because the nlrb decisions effecting them are just out to lunch. here's kathleen von eitzen, a baker at panera bread in michigan, who works the night shift, describing the process of trying to organize her fellow workers. >> we had to attend meetings where the boss, a good christian, decided we didn't need a union because he would take care of us. during this process we heard about how we would have open talks, we heard about how they would take care of us and then they started their terror campaign. >> in march of 2012, those workers formed
until mitch mcconnell gives them a vote, the nlrb is in limbo. now, why would anyone want the nlrb to be in limbo? big business wants nothing more than for the nlrb to not issue decisions, and conservatives want nothing more than to just quietly destroy and render permanently inoperable the government body that oversees labor law. they want to make it disappear without anyone noticing. so far they've been able to do that. today at that news conference, those lawmakers featured workers whose...
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mitch mcconnell said this, he said we are going to stop everything he does. we are going to run him into the ground. this is a sad thing. i voted for barack obama twice. i thought america had changed. it is just the same thing. host: what is the solution? whoer: we have to remember we are, we are american citizens. we have to go back and change things. earth of all we have to stop being hateful to one another. this country has to come around and stop this thing. the votere right now control registration has turned it into a hellhole. statemonday i go to state capital protest drenched finish -- to protest against this evil right-wing registration. thanks for the call. democrats line from north carolina. the question, "is congress broken?" from rhode island, independent line, welcome to the conversation. caller: i believe congress is broken because on the first day , ifhe legislative session i am correct, the only time the senate rules can be changed -- i mentioned this to the senator when he was up for reelection they had the chance to change the rules but app
mitch mcconnell said this, he said we are going to stop everything he does. we are going to run him into the ground. this is a sad thing. i voted for barack obama twice. i thought america had changed. it is just the same thing. host: what is the solution? whoer: we have to remember we are, we are american citizens. we have to go back and change things. earth of all we have to stop being hateful to one another. this country has to come around and stop this thing. the votere right now control...
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she also -- i mean, mitch mcconnell trusts her. she is fairly popular within the caucus. she is indeed the came gramm, the third musketeer taking the place of lieberman. so she is always been to get a lot of media attention and publicity that week. so, she rises on the gun control storm that she's in right now and i'm sure she will. i think that she is going places. another is too soon to tell for sure. we have to look at her priorities. and susan collins is too moderate for the rest of the caucus. now that she is a term limit on the homeland security committee i'm not sure. >> yeah, i'm not really sure especially now that she has lost her friend in lieberman. because it is her body to acquit for a long time and worked on creating the homeland security department for crying out loud. >> guest: she had a lot of influence on the 9/11 adel commesso the two of them were able to get a lot of policy work done. >> host: we talked a lot about her, kristen jul brand. i know i've heard sort of rumors that she has presidential ambitions to the and i am not completely convinced that
she also -- i mean, mitch mcconnell trusts her. she is fairly popular within the caucus. she is indeed the came gramm, the third musketeer taking the place of lieberman. so she is always been to get a lot of media attention and publicity that week. so, she rises on the gun control storm that she's in right now and i'm sure she will. i think that she is going places. another is too soon to tell for sure. we have to look at her priorities. and susan collins is too moderate for the rest of the...
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but they did not feel they could take on the minority leader, mitch mcconnell, in a procedural issue. so it has become clear it has to be done in a partisan way, but not in a politically partisan way. this will be healthy for the entire country. the ideas that we have been putting forward will be good. they are fair. youlegislative fight gives a chance to filibuster, on the nominations that cometh against you and vote. -- on the nomination side that still gives you a vote. people will say don't you need to keep the hurdle in place to keep a bad president and a bad republican majority for making bad things happen? here is the thing -- don't think for a moment that the republican colleagues will not change the rules when they are in a position of power. when the democrats were filibustering judges, republican said that -- either stand down and quit filibustering, or we are changing the rules to simple majority on judges. 14, theas a group of democrats agreed not to filibuster, and the result was they got what they wanted without the rule change, which then came back to cause us great ha
but they did not feel they could take on the minority leader, mitch mcconnell, in a procedural issue. so it has become clear it has to be done in a partisan way, but not in a politically partisan way. this will be healthy for the entire country. the ideas that we have been putting forward will be good. they are fair. youlegislative fight gives a chance to filibuster, on the nominations that cometh against you and vote. -- on the nomination side that still gives you a vote. people will say don't...
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but they did not feel they could take on the minority leader, mitch mcconnell, in a procedural issue. so it has become clear it has to be done in a partisan way, but not in a politically partisan way. this will be healthy for the entire country. the ideas that we have been putting forward will be good. they are fair. our legislative side gives you a chance to filibuster, on the nomination side that still gives you a vote. people will say don't you need to keep the hurdle in place to keep a bad president and a bad republican majority for making bad things happen? here is the thing -- don't think for a moment that the republican colleagues will not change the rules when they are in a position of power. in his 2005, when the democrats were filibustering judges, republican said that -- either stand down and quit filibustering, or we are changing the rules to simple majority on judges. and it was a group of 14, the democrats agreed not to filibuster, and the result was they got what they wanted without the rule change, which then came back to cause us great harm when the democrats are in t
but they did not feel they could take on the minority leader, mitch mcconnell, in a procedural issue. so it has become clear it has to be done in a partisan way, but not in a politically partisan way. this will be healthy for the entire country. the ideas that we have been putting forward will be good. they are fair. our legislative side gives you a chance to filibuster, on the nomination side that still gives you a vote. people will say don't you need to keep the hurdle in place to keep a bad...
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david gregory you have senators harry reid and mitch mcconnell on sunday's "meet the press." after what i'm about to show you, my question is going to be why and what are you going to ask them? look at what happened yesterday. >> no majority leader wants written on his tombstone that he presided over the end of the senate. well, if this majority leader caves to the fringes and lets this happen, i'm afraid that's exactly what they'll right. these are dark days in the history of the senate. i hate that we have come to this point. we've witnessed the majority leader break his word to the united states senate. >> no matter how often my friend rudely talks about me not breaking my word, i'm not going to respond talking about how many times he's broken his word. >> it makes me sad. all my members are angry. i'm more sad about it. >> i guess he follows, i hope not, the demagog theory the more you say something, if it's false, people start believing it. >> this is really a sad, sad day for the united states senate and if we don't pull back from the brink here, my friend the majority
david gregory you have senators harry reid and mitch mcconnell on sunday's "meet the press." after what i'm about to show you, my question is going to be why and what are you going to ask them? look at what happened yesterday. >> no majority leader wants written on his tombstone that he presided over the end of the senate. well, if this majority leader caves to the fringes and lets this happen, i'm afraid that's exactly what they'll right. these are dark days in the history of...
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but they didn't feel they could take on the minority leader, mitch mcconnell, in a procedural issue. and so it's become clear it has to be done in a partisan way but not in a politically partisan way. that is, this will be healthy for the entire country. the ideas that we've been putting forward will be good when we're in the minority or the majority. they are fair. and on the legislative side, it still gives you a chance to filibuster. on the nomination side, it still gives everyone a vote. by the way, i'll answer the main critique here which will say, wait, if democrats in the minority, don't you need to keep the hurdle in place to keep a bad president and a bad republican majority from putting, making bad things happen? well, here's the thing. don't think for a moment that the republican colleagues will not change the rules when they're in that position of power. >> yeah. >> in 2005, in 2005 when the democrats were filibustering judges, republicans said this: they said either stand down and quit filibustering, or we're changing the rules to simple majority on judges. and what purs
but they didn't feel they could take on the minority leader, mitch mcconnell, in a procedural issue. and so it's become clear it has to be done in a partisan way but not in a politically partisan way. that is, this will be healthy for the entire country. the ideas that we've been putting forward will be good when we're in the minority or the majority. they are fair. and on the legislative side, it still gives you a chance to filibuster. on the nomination side, it still gives everyone a vote. by...